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Distance education options rise during Summer Session

Distance education is one of the buzzwords for this year’s Summer Session. Thirty courses are being offered online or partially online this summer, a 150 percent jump from the 12 courses offered last year.Read the Full Story

Research and Markets: The Michigan State Government is Expected to Spend Over $800 Million on Technology

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c38207) has announced the addition of 2006-07 Michigan State Government Technology Investment Forecast to their offering.Read the Full Story

MSU to co-host fall Beijing forum on quality in online education

MSU to co-host fall Beijing forum on quality in online educationRead the Full Story

China: ICTs-based distance learning

China has a vision of lifelong learning in which information and communication technologies -based (ICTs) distance education and electronic learning are key components. Read the Full Story

IGNOU to offer programmes in China

Madurai, June 13: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will soon offer distance education programmes in China with the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding with two Chinese universities for MCA (Master of Computer Applications) course for Chinese students and employees, according to Prof H P Dikshit, Vice-Chancellor of the university. Read the […]

Best of both worlds? India launches the Pan-African e-network

Ethiopia has been selected as the first country to benefit from the pilot phase of the Pan-African E-network Project, a joint initiative between the Indian government and African Union (AU) to develop ICT infrastructure across the continent. Read the Full Story

Networking, Not Politics

Glenn Reynolds. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga. Jessica Coen. They’re just a few of the big boys and gals of the blogosphere. Each day, they reach hundreds of thousands of readers with intense interests in politics, gossip, entertainment and sex.Read the Full Story

NUTN 2006 Awards Recipients Named

The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual or group of individuals for major contributions to higher education in the use of electronic technologies in videoconferencing and distance education. Diana Oblinger, vice president of EDUCAUSE, is acknowledged for her current role and for her past commitments that advanced the thinking in distance learning. “Diana’s career has […]

House Rejects Net Neutrality Rules

The US House of Representatives definitively rejected the concept of Net neutrality on Thursday, dealing a bitter blow to Internet companies like Amazon.com, eBay and Google that had engaged in a last-minute lobbying campaign to support it. Read the Full Story

Telecom Bill Undermines the Internet

Legislation Hurts Research and Education Community’s Ability to Innovate and Offer Academic Resources To the PublicRead the Full Story